Russellville Cyclones sophomore Tony Jones sank five 3-pointers in the first quarter, but it wasn’t enough to stop the Conway Wampus Cats on Tuesday inside Cyclone Gymnasium. After leading through the first three quarter, the Cyclones fell 65-61.

The Cyclones (11-10, 5-5 7A/6A-Central Conference) went on to hit ten 3-pointers in the first half — seven in the first quarter and three in the second — for a 44-33 lead over the Wampus Cats (12-8, 4-6) after the second quarter.

Cody Underhill and Andy Campbell also fired in threes to make the score 27-15 after the first quarter, but Conway drew within three points in the second. Underhill and Kregan Kordsmeier hit three more threes between them to help keep Russellville in ahead.

The Cyclones went cold in the third quarter — the Wampus Cats closed the score to 48-46. Russellville only hit one field-goal throughout the quarter, a 3-pointer by Kentrell Scott. Conway’s tying layup came a beat too late and left the Cyclones clinging to a 2-point lead.

Conway took the lead 55-52 from the freethrow line, but Campbell took it back with a layup and a baseline jumper to make it 57-56.

Russellville trailed 62-61 with 28 seconds left to play, but solid shooting from the foul line put Conway up 65-61 on the final buzzer.

The Cyclones were led in scoring by Jones with 19, Campbell with 15, Underhill with 13, Co-Chese Temple-Laws with five and Kentrell Scott with four.

The Cyclones will travel to Fort Smith Southside today to take on the Rebels to continue conference action.

Conway SG 58, Russellville 22

The Russellville Lady Cyclones were outscored 17-3 in the second quarter of their 58-22 loss against the Conway Lady Wampus Cats held inside Cyclone Gymnasium on Monday.

From there, Russellville (6-14, 1-9 7A/6A-Central Conference) couldn’t put together a run long enough to close the spread and fight their way back into the game.

The Lady Cyclones trailed 12-9 with three 3-pointers by Addie Hipps and Jocelyn Brown. Hipps’ second 3-pointer hit on the buzzer to close out the quarter, but Conway went on a 17- run in the second to widen the score to 29-12. Russellville’s only score came again on the buzzer on 3-pointer by Hipps.

The Lady Wampus Cats (19-5, 7-3) widened the score to 44-16 in the third quarter, which put the Arkansas Activities Association’s Mercy Rule in effect and the game out of reach for the Lady Cylones.

Russellville was led in scoring by Hipps with nine points and seven rebounds. Kenzie Wiedower scored four points.

The Lady Cyclones have a short wait for their next game. Russellville will travel to Fort Smith Southside to take on the Lady Rebels today.

Pottsville SB 67, Waldron 58

WALDRON — The Pottsville Apaches improved to 18-7 on the season and 12-2 in the 4A-4 Conference with a 67-49 victory over the Waldron Bulldogs on Friday.

“At one time our team was 5-7,” Pottsville head coach Shane Thurman said. “So I am very proud of how our guys pulled together during the second half of the season.”

HECTOR — The Hector Wildcats defeated the Perryville Mustangs on Friday by a score of 69-58 on Friday.

The Wildcats (20-3) outscored Perryville 22-14 in the fourth quarter for the victory to stay undefeated at home on the season.

“We played extremely well on the defensive end in the second half which created some good transition possessions on the offensive end,” Hector head coach Cody Vaught said. “Perryville hit some tough shots but our kids kept their composure.”

Pottsville JG 29, Dardanelle 26

BOONEVILLE — The Pottsville Junior Lady Apaches defeated the Dardanelle Junior Lady Sand Lizards 29-26 in Booneville in the 4A-4 junior conference tournament. Leading scorers for Pottsville were Skylar Campbell with 10, Kayline Parker with eight, Erin Aulgur with four, Halley Cain with three and Emily Roy and Aspen Campbell with two each.

Atkins SG 55, Lavaca 39

ATKINS — The Atkins Lady Red Devils won their third game in as many days on Friday by a score of 55-39.

“Our kids did a great job in the second half of putting the Arrows away and sending our senior, Emily Ward out with a win at her last home game.”

Leading scorers for Atkins were Keisha Bobo with 16, Emily Ward with 11, Brooke Mitchell and Chey Reel with 10 each, Alex Webb with four and Lexie Rehm and Payton Harvill with two each.

“I couldn’t be more proud of our girls effort,” Pottsville head coach Drew Siebenmorgen said. “I thought we did a really great job in the first half with our defensive intensity and turning that defense into offense on the other end. We lost a little of that coming out of halftime, giving up too many second chance points. These girls really achieved a lot this season, especially for a team that really had little or no playing experience coming in.”

Leading scorers for the Junior Lady Apaches were Aspen Campbell with nine, Halley Cain with six, Skylar Campbell with four, Kayling Parker and Earin Aulgur with two each.

Hector JB 44, Quitman 22

QUITMAN — The Hector Junior Wildcats won their district tournament opener against the Quitman Bulldogs by a score of 44-22 after trailing 12-6 in the first quarter.

Braxton Hendrix led in scoring with 14 points, followed by Jadon Graham and Nathan Proctor with 11.

The Junior Wildcats went on to lose to Conway Saint Joseph in round two by a score of 39-28.

“We threw everything we had at them, but to their credit they finished both the second and third quarter very well,” Hector head coach Cody Vaught said. “My kids competed extremely hard and I’m very proud of our season.”

Atkins falls in district final

OLA — The Atkins Junior Lady Red Devils faced a tough road to the 3A-4 District title — too tough, as it turned out.

Due to inclement weather earlier in the week the second seeded Junior Lady Red Devils had to play a double header on Saturday. Atkins faced the third seed Lavaca Junior Lady Golden Arrows at 10 a.m. and fought to a 31-22 lead.

“After that we got on the bus and headed to Danville for our 3 p.m. final against the Lamar Junior Lady Warriors,” Atkins head coach Craig Pinion. “We had about a minute at the end of the first half where things go away from us, and Lamar was able to open up a 13 point lead.”

Atkins went on to lose 51-36 to the Junior Lady Warriors.

Leading scorers against Lavaca were Stephanie Aldrete with 10, Brooke Payne with seven, Shelby Davis and Sydney Webb with five each and Kelsey Dixson with four.

Leading scorers against Lamar were Aldrete with 10, Webb and Davis with nine each, Kaylee Rohlman with five and Kelsey Dixon with three.